The national grid suffered a system disturbance on Friday, leaving several parts of the country, including Lagos, without electricity.
This incident comes just as the Federal Government is celebrating what it described as a historic rise in power generation to 6,000MW.
Reports indicate that power generation, which stood at around 4,000MW earlier in the day, suddenly dropped below 1,000MW at 2 PM. The highest recorded generation for the day was 5,284MW at 5 AM. By 4 PM, output stood at 803MW, with many generation plants yet to restore supply to the grid.
The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has yet to issue a statement regarding the incident, and its spokesperson, Ndidi Mbah, did not respond to calls.
However, the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company (IKEDC) acknowledged the outage in a public notice:
“Dear esteemed customer, please be informed that we experienced a system outage today, 07/03/2025, at 14:00hrs, affecting supply within our network. Restoration is ongoing in collaboration with our critical stakeholders. Kindly bear with us.”
Similarly, the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) informed its customers about the disruption:
“Dear valued customer, kindly be informed there was a system disruption on 7th March 2025 at 13:59hrs, which has resulted in a loss of power supply across our network. We are currently working with our partners to ensure speedy restoration. We will provide updates as soon as power is restored. Kindly bear with us.”
